Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-06-25
!. eenerally happens that the stronger

II generally happens that the stronger
drive or push away the weaker ones;
and that they remain OF diminished
size all their lives. After pigs are
weaned the larger ones seek TO monop-
oliEe the feeding and are fire.
auently successful in doing so. Till
corn Is ready to harvest hogs on mos,
farm. find it difficult 10 get enough TO
eat. and after the corn is put in crib
farmers find fault with their hogs be-
cause they do not cat enough. The
gain Of most hogs in summer is very
small. At the time when mich COWS
are giving twenty quarts of milk per
day, colts and sheep are growing rap
idly. and young cattle are showing 3
steady gain of six pounds per week.
pigs on many farms are barely hold
ing their own" !, is the time when
they should rapidly gain in weight
like other farm animals.
the western states farmers put so
much reliance on corn for feeding hogs
that thew often neglect TO raise other
kinds of food for them. They may
know that an acre in common red or
mammoth clover will produce more
hog food than an acre IN corn, and
they are certa AMY aware OF the fact
that the animals will harvest the clover
if they are given the opportunity. But
the cost of fencing the hog pasture or
the trouble of cutting the clover pre-
vents the pigs from having the food
they want. They are accordingly kept
on short allowance of food during
the time il is the most abundant. II
corn was not so abundant in the west
ern states, and was not so generally
relied upon for making pork, it is like
ly that hogs would be better supplied
with food during the growing season.
In England and Germany, where no
corn is produced. and in Canada, where
but little is raised, hogs gain faster
| during warm weather than they do
here, for the reason that they are bet
ter supplied with proper food. They
grow clover, peas, lares, roots, pota-
toes. mill-stutfs, and oil-cake. That
keeping hogs on small rstions during
| part of the year and then stuf,ing them
with dry corn produces injurious effects
on them is generally admitted. Still,
very little is done by most farmers tn
avoid the evils complained of Our
hogs receive very little attention dur.
| inc the summer, chiefly because their
owners are too busily engaged in rails
| ing corn 10 feed to them after the cold
weather sets in. In the meantime the
hogs are getting up good appetite by
a rigid course of fasting. and are pre-
pairing to lay on fat and contract the
| cholera.
The cheapest way TO keep hogs dur.
ing the summer is to provide pastures
seeded to clover. orchard. and blue
| grass. The hog by nature is grazing
animal. and will not only sustain life,
but gain in weight. if it has au oppor
tunity to eat suitable forage crops. ii
a farmer is not so situated that he can
enclose and seed land for pasturin9
his hogs, he can, ut least. fence in s
large yard and keep it supplied with
food that costs less than corn and j,
better for the animals that eat it.
Hogs will do well on green, tender
grass and clover cut and thrown into
their yards. Pea vines, fodder corn
pumpkins, and squashes will also bt
readily eaten. Flax seed. if ground OF
cooked. forms valuable food 10 bt
eaten in connection with green fodder.
An occasional feed of corn is good
bu. very little will be required to keel
/ hogs in a growing condition if they are
well supplied with the cheaper article
referred to- Chicago Times.